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The New Yankee Workshop Season 5 Episode 10

Norm’s version of the indispensable kitchen staple, the butcher block, features a hard endgrain maple top instead of the usual parallel grain. The base of this English country piece is sturdy poplar. Norm demonstrates how to cut the endgrain carefully, thus avoiding excess sanding of this tough wood.

Episode Title: Butcher Block

Air Date: 1993-03-06